A trader laughs as he holds a hat with the number 19999.63 which is as close as the Dow Jones Industrial Average came to crossing 20,000 for the first time on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York.

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A child tries to kiss Civa Sumac, a White Bengal Tiger, winner of the 'La Garra de Oro' (The Golden Claw) contest at the Huachipa Zoo in Lima, Peru.

An Orthodox pilgrim wearing a swimsuit with the colours of the Greek flag prepares to participate in a water blessing ceremony during the Epiphany celebrations, at Paleo Faliro suburb, in Athens.

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A law enforcement officer evacuates a civilian from an area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Brian St. George wears a Project Alloy VR headset at the Intel booth during CES International.

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Emirati men walk with their camels across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival.

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A displaced Iraqi girl, who fled the ongoing figthing between Islamic State (IS) group jihadists and government forces around Mosul, plays jump rope at the Khazer refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

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A young Indian vendor sells flowers to the devotees at a special religious prayer attended by the Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra event at Bodhgaya.